FILE PHOTO: Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao attends a State Council Information Office news conference in Beijing, China February 24, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
September 16, 2021
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has filed an application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the country’s commerce ministry said on Thursday.
The regional trade pact was signed by 11 nations including Australia in 2018.
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao submitted the application to New Zealand’s Trade Minister Damien O’Connor in written letter, the Chinese ministry said in a statement.
(Reporting by Colin Qian and Twinnie Siu; Editing by Edmund Blair)
